Monday, April 28, 2014

The 2014 Achebe Colloquium on Africa] —African
Literature as Restoration: Chinua Achebe as Teacher will be held at
Brown University, from May 1-3, 2014.

An International
gathering of scholars, artists, musicians, writers, and officials will gather
at Brown University May 1-3, 2014, to discuss and celebrate the cultural
contributions of Chinua Achebe, the late Nigerian novelist and the David and
Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of Africana studies at
Brown, who died
in March 2013
at the age of 82. Achebe started the colloquium in 2009 to bring attention to
issues affecting Africa.

On Thursday
May 1, 2014, Elizabeth Donnelly, Assistant Head and Research Fellow, Africa
Program, Chatham House, - The Royal Institute of International Affairs - London, Great Britain; will deliver the
opening address at the Colloquium. Her talk will “focus on Boko Haram -what is
known, what is not known, and the implications and what can be done.” The event begins at 5:30 p.m.

The 2014 Achebe Colloquium on Africa will bring
together an international group of academics, activists, African government
officials, and writers to examine the impact of the late Chinua Achebe’s
writings on modern African literature. The colloquium will be held at Brown
University Thursday, May 1, through Saturday, May 3, 2014.

*Achebe The 2014 Achebe
Colloquium on Africa will be held at Brown University Thrusday, May 1, through
Saturday, May 3, 2014, inListArtCenter
auditorium, 64 College St.

The
Achebe Colloquium on Africa brings together an
international group of academics, activists, African government officials, and
writers for three days of intense examination of the impact of the late Chinua
Achebe’s writings on modern African literature. The event is free and open to
the public, but space is limited andregistration is required.

This
year’s colloquium, titled “African Literature as Restoration: Chinua Achebe as
Teacher,” will center around the life and legacy of the late novelist. Achebe,
the acclaimed Nigerian novelist and the David and Marianna Fisher University
Professor and professor of Africana studies at Brown,died in March 2013at the age of 82.
Achebe started the colloquium in 2009 to bring attention to issues affecting Africa.